"Also, I was thinking of watching this old movie I've never seen... did you guys know Harrison Ford was in something called Blade Runner?!?"
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It's not just the novels - you'd have to be completely devoid of pop culture knowledge to think this. Sure, I get if you haven't read "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" but to not even have social context for Blade Runner? Come on.
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“I assume it’s bad so I haven’t read it, so I assume it’s bad.”
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Is there some obligation to read science fiction? Are people missing something essential if you miss it?
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If you're going to write about a topic that has already been extensively written about, and frame it as if this is new ground that hasn't been covered, then, yes, it would be essential. I would also argue that it's as essential as reading any other form of fiction.
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Jesus. Philip K. Dick was writing about precisely that, what, as much as 50 years ago?
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Thinking about writing a novel about two people in conflict with one another. Never been done before
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So literally the plot of westworld?
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He's ignorant of, e.g., China Miéville, Hugh Howey, Vernor Vinge, Ursula Le Guin...the man must not actually read any scifi.
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Very shocking. Writers shouldn't live in bubbles and if they do they need to pop them.
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